Herrgott, Alphonse
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Birthname | Louis Alphonse Herrgott | ||||
born on | 22 April 1849 at 07:00 (= 07:00 AM ) | ||||
Place | Belfort, France, 47n38, 6e52 | ||||
Timezone | LMT m6e52 (is local mean time) | ||||
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Biography
French physician, gynecologist and obstetrician, and the son of doctor François Herrgott.
After brilliant studies at the Strasbourg Faculty of Medicine where he started his internship, he practised in various Alsatian hospitals. He completed his internship at the Faculty of Medicine in Nancy. His 1874 thesis earned him the Jobert prize of the Academy of Sciences. He became a professor at the Faculty and head of the Departmental School of Birthing. In 1890 he founded the Œuvre de la maternité which promoted breastfeeding. On several occasions he occupied the post of president of the Société médicale de Nancy, and in 1912, that of the Société Obstetricale de France.
He was a member of the National Academy of Medicine.
He died on 11 September 1927 in Paris, aged 78.
Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
Relationships
- child->parent relationship with Herrgott, François Joseph (born 12 September 1814)
Events
Source Notes
Grazia Bordoni's Science database quotes Gauquelin.
Categories
- Family : Childhood : Family noted
- Vocation : Medical : Physician (Gynaecologist and obstetrician)